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Letters Patent lVo. 93,7 7 6i, 'dated August 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT THE MANUACTURE OF FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS.

The lSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of theVsame.

. To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that we, J ons WnnMs andWILLIAM WEEMS, both of Johnstone, in the county of Renfrew, and Kingdomof Great Britain, engineers, have invented Improvements in theManufacture and Treatment of Floor and other Oil-Cloths and Coverings,with printed or plain surfaces; and wie do hereby de- .clare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof.

This invention comprises improvements in the system of arrangements andapparatus formanufacturing floor and other oil-cloths and coverings,with printed or plain surfaces, and for producing them in a more rapid,economical, and superior manner, than heretofore; and in order that oursaid invention, and the manner of performing the same, may be properlyunl derstood, we have hereunto appended two sheets o f explanatorydrawings, representing a manufactory embodying our improvements,reference being had to the letters and numerals marked thereon, the samereference-letters and numerals indicating the same or correspondingparts in' all the figures.

liigurerl is a plan.

`Figure 2, sectional end elevation of printing-room, and side elevationo f plasteiing-rooms; and

Figure 3, sectional end elevation of finishing-rooms and color-grindingroom,and side elevationrof heatingroom. v

The cloths A, or -fabrics to be treated, are stretched upon the framesB, in the plastering-rooms, in the usual manner, and receive their firstcoating of paint, or other material.

A currentof steam-heated air is then admitted into the' rooms, from thepipe or' conduit C, through the' regulating air-distributers orregistrarsi), and, by this means, a uniform temperature can bemaintained, and the drying proceeds in a rapid and continuous manner.

The desired number of coatings may be put on one or both sides,l anddried, in this way 'producing a superior body and inish.

The plastering-room may be divided by partitions, Eas shown, intoseparate apartments, and while the drying is proceeding in oneapartment, the process of coating maybe going on in another.

The coating of the clothsrbeingcompleted, they are then wound upon aroller, and removed to the printing-floor F, in the printing-room, andarranged on the printing-tables G, where they receive 'the printedimpressions on their surface.

Vhen printed, they are attached to a baton or strip of wood, and loweredthrough the open space H, on

the swivel-hooks I, suspended from the wheel-carriages J.

These carriages are hung uponthe transverse rails K, which are xed tothe beams L'by hangers M.

The printed cloths are moved, by means of the wheel-carriages, along thetransverse 'rails K, until they arrive at the turn-tables N, where thecarriages are turn ed round until the wheels are in line with thelongitudinal rails O. The cloths are then run right alongthelongitudinal rails, until within'the finishingrooms, and, by means o fthe turn-tables P, they are placed on the transverse rails Q, and iuthis manner the nishingrooms are filled with printed cloths.

The openings, through whichthe cloths pass into the inishing-rooms, areprovided with closing-doors.

A current of steam-heated air is now admitted into the iiuishing-roomsby the regulating air-distributers or registers R, and the desiredtemperature maintained under the control of the, operator, and, by thissystem of treating the cloths, they 'are dried and con- -firmed with abrilliancy of color,.purer finish, and lus- 4 trous surface of anelastic and lasting nature.

'lhe apparatus, shown in heating-room, for the prodaction of thesteam-heated air for drying, consists in having a cylindrical ironcase,1 and 2, filled with. small tubes, running through it longitudinally,'and fixed in metal er ds, as shown at Figure 4, end view.

Steam, direct from a boiler, or the exhaust steam` from a high-pressuresteam-engine, is introduced into the cylindrical iron case.

The external surface of the tubes being thus surrounded by heat, coldair is forced, by the fan .5 and 6, through the interior of the tubes,which air becomes heated on its passage, and 'is conveyed, throughconduits or pipes, 7 and 8, to the plastering-factory andfinishing-rooms, -and therein distributed, asy hereinbefore described.

The steam-engine, and countershaft for driving the fans, are shown at 9and l0, and the steam-boiler,for

generating the steam, at 11; boiler-chimney, 12; colorgrinding mills,13.

' Figure 5 show's'an end elevation of the rails Ktand.

hangers M, and the wheel-carriages J, with swivelhooks I.

lFigure 6 shows a side elevation of the turn-tables I. Theprinting-tables G, lin the printing-room, may

vbe arranged near the side walls, and the cloths may be, hung in theopen spaceH, which, in this case, would be enlarged, and the transverserails might be iixed overhead, and one line' of longitudinal rails inthe centre, communicating with the finishing-room or rooms; or, theprinting-tables may be otherwise arranged to suit the circumstances,without departing from the essential features of this part of ourinvention.

The plastering-room, printing-room, and nishngroom, may be separate orcombined, and the system, in whole or in part, is applicable to old aswell as new factories.

We prefer to employ the heating-apparatus for steam-heated air, asdescribed, but any othe1` mode of producing currents of steam, or otherYheated air, may be` used; and any other blowing-machine orexhausting-apparatus may be employed in lieu of' a fan; and the currentsof heated air may be drawn through the apparatus, instead of beingforced.

Having now described, and particularly ascertained the nature of oursaid invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carriedinto e'ect, we wish it to be understood that we do not confine orrestrict ourselves to the precise details or arrangements which wc havehad occasion to describe and delineate,

as many variations may be made therefrom, without departing from themain or essential features. thereof'.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The manufacture and treatment of floor and other oil-cloths andcoverings, with printed or plain slu'faces, in the improved modes oftreatment by currents of steam, or other heated air, and arrangementsand apparatus for moving the cloths, and in apparatus for the productionof the currents of steam-heated air, either separately or combinedtogether, substantially as described.

JOHN WEEMS. WILLIAM WEEMS.

Witnesses GEORGE EDWARD,

Engineer, High Street, Johnstone. ALEXANDER WYLIE,

Clerk, 1 High Street, Johnstone.

